Sparking rattle



Patented Apr. 14, 1925.

PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS V. ARONSON', OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

SPAR-KING BATTLE.

Application filed February 6, 1924. Serial No. 691,002.

To all LU/1011?, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Louis V. AnoNsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sparking Rattles,

of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to toys of the watchmans rattle type wherein means are provided to produce sparks when the de vice is operated, which means are constructed to provide a series of relative movements between the sparking element and the revoluble element which exceed in speed those :causedby the normal revolution of the rattl'e.

' A further object of the invention is to improve the construction of the watchmans rattle type of toy.

Further objects of the invention will ap pear from the following desc'iption when read in connection with the accompanying pressing a blank drawing, wherein Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a front elevation. Fig. 3 is a central detail section through 1 the revoluble disk and Fig. 4 is a horizontal transverse section on line 4, 4 of'Fig. 2.

I As shown, the device comprisesa handle 10, carrylngi'ai welghted disk 11 at one end. The handle is desirably formed as shown byto provide a body plate 12 and side members 13, 14 having disk shaped elements 15, 16 at one end between which the weighted disk 11 is shown as secured, as by means of a screw bolt or rivet 17. At the remaining end of the side men'ihers 13, 14 there is journaled a shaft 18 preferably squared at the end bearing the handle 19. The end of-the shaft 18 which is journaled in the end of the side 14 is shown as formed cylindrically with a shoulder at 20 where the squared portion ends.

To cause sound of the rattle a star wheel 21 is shown as seated against the shoulder 20, the opening in the interior of the star wheel being square to fit over the squared portion 18. To preserve the spacings of the ends 13, 14 short sleeves 22, 23 are shown as mounted upon the shaft 18 between the star wheel and the ends of the members i4. disk 24 is shown rigidly secured to the end of the shaft 18, as by means of a reduced portion upon the shaft 18 passed through the center of the disk and headed at 25. To produce sparks in a manner to be described, the face of the disk is shown as hearing a disk 26 of abradant material.

The disk 26 is preferably secured to the disk 24 in the manner shown, as by crimping the edge 27 of the disk 24 about the disk 26. To produce sound when the rattle is operated, a tongue 28 is shown fitting between the frame members 13, 14 and having projecting studs 2%), 3t) join-nailed in ears 31. carried by the members 13, 14. l

A stop member for the tongue 28 is desirably formed, as shown, by the inturning of the end 33 of the plate portion 12 of the frame 10 of the device. To press the tongue 28 normally against the stop member the end 34 thereof is turned so as to project to the interior of the frame and a spiral formed from the same blank with the tongue 28 by turning a portion thereof at an angle to said tongue and shown as projecting parallel with the tongue to a position adjacent the disk 24. To preserve the relation between the arm and the disk the end. of the arm 40 is desirably turned about the disk as shown particularly in Fig. 2. A pyrophoric element 41 is shown as mounted in a. cylinder 42 and forming a loose lit therewith, the cylinder being carried by the arm 40. To provide n'essure upon the element, :1 spring 43 shown mounted upon tongues 44, formed from projecting portions of the material of the arm 39 turned to a position such that portions of the tongues stand in spaced relation to the arm and extend to the interior of the coiled portion 45 of the spring. The anchor end of the spring 46 is shown as impinging against the surface of the arm 29 and the pressure exerting end as projecting into a slot 41' in the cylinder 42.

hen the device is operated the handle 19 will be grasped rigidly by the user and the weighted end 11 of the device swung thereabout in the well understood manner. The handle and the star wheel 21 will therefore remain stationary while the body of the device with the arm are revolved with relation thereto. This revolution must beiinthe -direction oi the arrow in Fig. 1*,

andsuch revolution 'Wh'en the star Wheel" 'material While theztongue QSis being re-' tracted against the pressure of spring 35 will be the sum-t the movementcaused by the body of the deVi-cean'd the retracting :rnovementot the: tongue asparti-cipated in by the arm 39;: thereby ---pr od-ucinga move:-

mentsubstantially twice the normal velocity. Then the tongue 28 escapes from one pointot" the star" Wheel 21 thespring normal-, thereby grademovement-of the py rophor lc element.

will restore the-gtongu-e 28 and-arm 38 to" causmg' avery quick retro.-

in the same 'dir-ection as the mov-ement ofrelative revolut on =03? -tl1'e"=-d1sk thereto but; at. much greater speed. The result of the;

action described 'will be an'inereased shower,- 1 of sparksdue to the increased relative mov-e-;

yment.'

' Themowement of'the pyrophoric element star Wheelupon the tongue 28', Will-be in an of movement Will-therefore be that-indicatby thedotteddine 48,- Fig. the portion of the a'bra'dant material which acts upon the pyrop horic-element' Will com-r are having its center at the lug 30. The path: ed Therefore,

'= prise a zone instead of "a c-irc le eoncentric with the center-25 of the dislqthus "prolonging the useful life of the sparking mecha- Minor changes be-ina de in the physical-embodiment of the invention z Without departing from its spirit. I p v claim: 1;

the: remaining memben, means for pressing #said' pyrophoric element against s'aid abradant surface, whereby normal relative movement between-said .pyrophoric material and said abradant material caused by revolution of the Weighted element is increased by movement of the rattle member.

2. A rattlecomprising, in combination, a body formed from a blank and comprising a plate member, side frame membersprovided byben'ding the-blank at themargins of said plate-member, a Weight secured between/adjacent ends ot-said side members,

ca;.:handle,-a shaft-rigidly secured to-said handle andj ournaled -between the remaining ends otsaid-side portions, a? star Wheel rigidly secured upon'said slia-ift a. rattle tongue jiorurn'aled between said: side members, a stop member -formed fromrzsaid --body blank by ,turning an end of saidplatexbetween the handle carryin'gl-endswot' said; side members, nneansfor- 2 resiliently z ressing said tongue :a'g'ainst saidvsto-p -inma'--=piosition to project between the-arms O'f'ISZLld starvvheelwhereby revolution of the Weighted body vmay cause metraction and return to normal of relative'to the-disk, due to the actionof the saidgtongue.

3. A sparking rattle" comprising-in combination, a-swinging bodyhaving arveighted extremity;v ashandle; a; shaft rigidly carried byrsaidphandle and ,journaled in the ,-axial end of said vveightednbody a:starfwvheel rigidly Isecured: upon .usa'idshaft,1a rattle tongue pro ecting": normally between the arms ofsaidstar Wheel, astop upon said body, means for: resilientlywpressing: :said

1 tongue-"against said step; a; diskarigidly carried by said shaft,Fabradant'gmaterialupon the surface of'saidvdisk, antarm-irigidly sercuredi to saidatengue and proj ecting adj acent thewsurfaceofT'said-wdisk, a pyrophoric ele- 1. A-sparking-ra-ttlecomprising, in-com-T ment carried by-xsaid armv springfipressed blnation, a handle-a stationary rattle meme berrigid-l-y carried thereby,- a Weigh-ted rev-o oluble element mounted thereom-a'spring re,- tracted rattle .member :Cfllfllttd by' said ;-Weigh:ted element, a disk carried by one of said 'members, an abradant"surface upon said disk, a pyirophoric elementcarried by against said abradant material whereby operation'of theirattle .mayicausea series of quickened movements of said ,p-yrophoric element over the surface of said-.abradant material.

' lnours ARONSON. 

